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Guyanas Natural Resources Fund (NRF) has a total of US$3.1 billion after withdrawing a total of US$1.6 billiion last year Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh annouced in his 2025 National Budget speech. From the sale of 28 of the 225 lifts of an estimated 1 million barrrels per lift he said Guyana earned U$2.6 billion…

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Guyanas High Commissioner to India Dharamkumar Seeraj is now set to his present his credentials in Delhi the capital to that Asian nation. His replacement as a Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP) parliamentarian is Mr Suresh Singh who took the oath as a parliamentarian on Friday. Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd told Demerara Waves Online…

News Home Affairs minister blocks police commissioner from answering appointment questions

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn blocked Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken from saying why he opted to be substantively appointed despite the alleged multi-million dollar fraud in the law enforcement agency and the seizure of 4.4 tonnes of cocaine near an illegal airstrip in northwestern Guyana. Actually none of the heads of agencies under the Home…

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Several Flights over the Atlantic near the Turks and Caicos Islands are being forced to hold or divert due to falling debris from SpaceXs Starship Flight 7 which broke-apart in the atmosphere the website Airlive reported Thursday night. Some of the affected flights: Delta flight #DL1785 to Atlanta JetBlue flight #B6882 to New York JFK…

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A Stewartville West Coast Demerara businesswoman who is accused of defrauding 95 persons of large sums of money for the purchase of vehicles from her has been refused bail and remanded to prison until January 31 police said. Police alleged that 31-year-old Adacia Coleman of 22 Stewartsville Old Road West Coast Demerara defrauded the persons…

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The Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) were Thursday at odds over confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to produce credible results of this years general and regional elections but they left the door open for further engagements on the issue party leader Nigel Hughes said. The Private Sector Commission…

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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday denied instructing Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to transfer Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus from Administration to Special Branch because of a racially-motivated Government Diversity Policy. There has been no such directives never met with the Commissioner of Police. I never asked him to replace Brutus as Head of Admin…

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Guyana on Wednesday extradited a Guyanese man who allegedly  caused the death of a man in a road accident in Florida while under the influence of alcohol the Ministry of Home Affairs said. Government said Parmanand Singh was extradited on Wednesday after he waived his right to an extradition hearing. The Home Ministry said he…

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By Dr Randy Persaud Professor Emeritus Hardly a day goes by without the AFC and APNU offending the nation with decidedly outrageous statements. These statements bear the hallmark of urban arrogance cultural insensitivity and even racial pandering. They also clearly indicate that the APNU and AFC do not want to talk about their record in…

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The Ministry of Home Affairs Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory is now geared to clear up a backlog of gun residue (GSR) analysis with the acquisition of the most modern microscope in the Caribbean officials said Wednesday. It comes in a timely manner because the lab now has a little bit of a buildup of GSR…

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Two members of the Guyana Police Forces Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team have been arrested allegedly with narcotics in their possession Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said Wednesday. The Police Force Public Relations Department was yet to respond to a question posed at 8:17 AM Wednesday about the bust. However Mr Benn said they…

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Two Lance Corporals of the Guyana Police Forces Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Unit are under close arrest after they were arrested allegedly with more than 700 grammes of marijuana in their possession police said. At about 11:15 PM January 14th 2024 acting on information received an Inspector from the Special Branch along with other…

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A Guyana Prison Service Officer on Wednesday pleaded guilty to trafficking 804 grammes of marijuana which he attempted to smuggle into the Mazaruni Prison in soap and toothpaste boxes police said. Joel Johnson 21 of Lot 1 Section C Clonbrook East Coast Demerara was sentenced  by Bartica Magistrate Teriq Mohammed to three years imprisonment and…